Tom Farrell, Kirubel Erassa, Fabian Clarkson and Shane Moskowitz all ran the mile in faster than four minutes to highlight Oklahoma State's showing at the 2013 Razorback Invitational. (via www.okstate.com)
Arizona’s Lawi Lalang and Arkansas’ Makeba Alcide penned their names high on the all-time collegiate lists in the men’s 3000 and women’s pentathlon, respectively, to earn National Athlete of the Week honors for Division I. (via USTFCCCA)
Check out coverage and meet results from college meets across the country for the week of January 21 - January 27, 2013.
Johnathan Cabral's meet record in the men's 60 meter hurdles and Jordan Hasay's school record in the 3,000 meters were two highlights Saturday. (via goducks.com)
A pair of Aggie school records were broken Saturday as the SEC tandem of Texas A&M and Tennessee swept the team scoring against the Big 12 and Pac-12 in front of 1,621 fans at Gilliam Indoor Stadium. (via AggieAthletics.com)
On the final day of competition at the Razorback Team Invitational, the No. 1 University of Arkansas men's track and field team posted a school record and five event wins. (via nwahomepage.com)
Michigan State track & field lost a hard fought battle with Michigan at the Kelly Family Sports Center in Allendale, Mich., as the women lost an 89-73 decision and the men fell 88-74. Hosted by Grand Valley State University, the competition marked the first dual meet between the two schools since 1976. The Spartans came away from the meet with two school records and eight individual wins. (Via www.msuspartans.com)
The season is just getting underway, but already FSU freshman Marvin Bracy is picking up where he left off. At the Arkansas Razorback Invitational on Friday, he came through with the fastest seed out of the prelims with a 6.64 going into tomorrow's finals.
A mini-bus carrying nine members of the women's track and field team on its way to the Indiana University Relays hit a patch of ice and overturned onto its side. (via MileSplit)
Arkansas’ men’s team and Clemson’s women retain the top spots in the latest National Computer Team Rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), but the Aggies of Texas A&M are charging forward in both sets of rankings. (via USTFCCCA)
The Grand Canyon men and Grand Valley State women both retain their No. 1 rankings in the first regular-season edition of the National Computer Team Rankings released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The first regional rankings of the season were also released Tuesday. (via USTFCCCA)
The Darmouth junior has the fastest mile time of the year and will race the event at Millrose next month. (via Runner's World)
The University of Michigan men's track and field team will go head to head with Michigan State in a dual meet for the first time since 1982 on Saturday (Jan. 26) at Grand Valley State' Kelly Family Sports Center in Allendale, Mich. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. with field events, while running events will commence at 6:30 p.m. (via www.mgoblue.com)
Senior Jillian King was named ACC Performer of the Week for her performance at the BU Multi Team Meet last week in an announcement made by the ACC on Tuesday.
For the second-consecutive week, UCF sophomore Octavious Freeman was named the Conference USA Track and Field Female Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
Numerous collegiate- and division-leading marks and times – including some historic all-time top 10 marks – are among the second installment of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week Awards.(via USTFCCCA)
A feisty battle for points among three tradition-rich track and field schools entertained a crowd of 1,487 at the Texas A&M Triangular on Saturday afternoon inside Gilliam Indoor Stadium as the Aggie men won and the women finished second. (via AggieAthletics.com)
Air Force pole vault coach Scott Steffan was named the National Collegiate Pole Vault Coach of the Year this morning (Jan. 18) during the opening day of the annual Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. Steffan was honored for the success of his vaulters during the 2012 season. (via www.goairforcefalcons.com)
Shawn Barber was vaulting before he could ride a bike, his father, George, fashioning a pole out of an old crossbar so his young son could leap holes and ditches around their Las Cruces, N.M., alfalfa farm. (via www.ohio.com)
After earning her eighth All-American honor and claiming an NCAA indoor triple jump title in 2012, Kansas’ Andrea Geubelle is determined to reach improbable heights in her final collegiate season. (via www.ncaa.com)
Longhorns’ wide receiver Marquise Goodwin, who also is the No. 2-ranked long jumper in school history and a 2012 Olympian, is not enrolled in school and will not compete with the track team this semester while he prepares for the NFL draft, a UT spokesman confirmed Friday night. (via www.statesman.com)
The University of Florida track & field teams played host to the 2013 Gator Invitational on Thursday, which saw junior hurdler Eddie Lovett (West Palm Beach, Fla.) break a 23-year-old Florida record in the men's 55-meter hurdles. (via www.gatorzone.com)
As the North Carolina track and field team heads into its first meet of the year, senior sprinter Clayton Parros has great hope for the program that underwent major changes in the offseason. (via www.dailytarheel.com)